Sweet Ten Year Old Caroline

LOS ANGELES — Neil Diamond held onto the secret for decades, but he has finally revealed that President Kennedy's daughter was the inspiration for his smash hit "Sweet Caroline."

"I've never discussed it with anybody before — intentionally," the 66-year-old singer-songwriter told The Associated Press on Monday during a break from recording. "I thought maybe I would tell it to Caroline when I met her someday."

He got his chance last week when he performed the song via satellite at Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's 50th birthday party.

Diamond was a "young, broke songwriter" when a photo of the president's daughter in a news magazine caught his eye.

"It was a picture of a little girl dressed to the nines in her riding gear, next to her pony," Diamond recalled. "It was such an innocent, wonderful picture, I immediately felt there was a song in there."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312306,00.html

Everyone knows this song, its sung at tons of sporting events and has become an anthem. Its the song played at bar close here at just about every bar, maybe its an Iowa thing. Anyways, the picture in question was when Caroline was approximately 10 years old... Ok, weird enough until the lyrics come:

Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I, look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two.

And when I hurt,
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when I'm with you
Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined,
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

Wow, Neil, you wanted to nail the Pres' ten year old daughter. Sick fuck.

played this at every jewish bat mitzvah and wedding i every photographed. except the ones with only a live band.
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The right is more virtuous than the left. They have twice as many virtues because they have double the standards.

this is crazy-

Originally posted by: [-NM-] -SS-
......dont get all pissy cause I call you out for being a deceptive piece of shit...Too bad it is such a challenge for you to be a better person. I know I would never trust you in combat or when it counts. The bottom line is that you have no honor and you arent the "good person" you attempt to perpetrate on these forums with threads about "mom and dad" or your kids while you purposely fuck up threads about men who's lives are in the balance over accusations of murder and rape. The very men you just said you appreciate - yeah right. You're garbage aria. No class at all.

kinda sheds new light on his other song "Girl, you'll be a woman soon" (don't know the actual title)

Originally posted by: anarchist-
kinda sheds new light on his other song "Girl, you'll be a woman soon" (don't know the actual title)

I hadn't thought about it, but it sure does.

Back then it was ok to be a pedophile. Nobody even knew who Chris Hanson was.

Originally posted by: leroybrown
Back then it was ok to be a pedophile. Nobody even knew who Chris Hanson was.

My spraytag in Team Fortress 2 is a picture of Chris Hanson with the words:

Chris Hanson is a Cockblocker

It's sooooo harsh, it makes me laugh.


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"You are not a hero to the world unless you are first and foremost a hero to your children." -Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

buwhahaha

Originally posted by: anarchist-
kinda sheds new light on his other song "Girl, you'll be a woman soon" (don't know the actual title)

Mets games, 7th inning stretch, an entire stadium singing this...

Originally posted by: The_Misfit
Mets games, 7th inning stretch, an entire stadium singing this...

"Good times never seemed so good" ... "So good, so good, so good!" ... "I've been inclined..." ... "Bah, bah, bah!"

Its a great sing-a-long song even if it does imply Neil Diamond sleeping with former President Kennedy's 10 year old daughter. I mean is that so unusual?

Originally posted by: Kal-
Wow, Neil, you wanted to nail the Pres' ten year old daughter. Sick fuck.

After reading what you posted, that is the first thing I thought as well. Damn pedophile.

Yep, because that song is always literal to the inspiration.

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"I don't believe in an eye for an eye, I believe in two eyes for an eye." - Bas Rutten

that songs pretty tame, you guys are reading too much into it.

Maybe it was just the right place for him to make something like that up and announce it?